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Hi Hans- > Just downloaded and tested your latest build. Problem solved! Thanks! Thanks for testing it. I'll close out the ticket. > Language related issues is not that uncommon in the Windows environment, > though it works much better now than before, I would say. I usually stay away > from localized Windows versions, it makes life easier. :-) > > Thanks for fixing the problem. Thanks for finding it! > Great program, IDV. Thanks for the kudos. > -----Original Message----- > From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden] > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 7:21 PM > To: address@hidden > Cc: address@hidden > Subject: [IDV #MMV-267913]: IDV will not run with certain language specific > settings in WinXP > > Hi- > > > Full Name: Hans Olandersson > > Email Address: address@hidden > > Organization: n/a > > Package Version: 2.6a3 (nightly build) > > Operating System: Win XP SP3 (Swedish) > > Hardware: > > Description of problem: When trying to run IDV v 2.6a3 under localized Win > > XP (Swedish language settings), IDV produces a couple of error messages, > > and just quits. > > > > Error messages are: > > Loading parameter to color table properties > > Unparseable number: ".25" > > and > > Fatal error initializing resources > > Unparseable number: ".25" > > > > The issue appears to be IDV not adapting to localized settings in Windows, > > always assuming the character "." is used for decimal point ("," is used in > > Swedish Windows). > > When changing the WinXP language settings to "English (US)", IDV starts > > without errors. > > > > IDV v 2.5 appears to handle this correctly, though. > > Guess that's why the "a" in 2.6a3 stands for "alpha". ;-) Thanks for catching > this problem. > > We made a change last week to fix another language issue, but broke what > used to work for you. I reverted back to the old code and made a different > change to fix the other problem. > > In general, what we serialize in the XML is supposed to use English decimal > formatting, but user input and display should use the local language > formatting. > > Thanks again for finding this problem. I put out a new nightly build with > the fix. Please let me know if that doesn't work for you. Sorry for the > problem. > > Don Murray > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: MMV-267913 > Department: Support IDV > Priority: Normal > Status: Open > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: MMV-267913 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open